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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To the Edge of the World Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the saldu intend to do with Tushi?
(a) Run her over with his horse.
(b) Shoot her in the back.
(c) Set her free.
(d) Lasso and kidnap her.

2. What does Tushi's basket smell like to Ishi?
(a) It smells like the cave at Wowunupo.
(b) It smells like Banya Creek.
(c) It smells like Tushi's skin.
(d) It smells like dried acorns.

3. What does Mother think the kind saldu wanted to do?
(a) To find some food for her.
(b) To carry her somewhere.
(c) To change her bandages.
(d) To offer her some water.

4. When the Sheriff asks Ishi whether he would like to return to the Yahi world, why does Ishi decline?
(a) Ishi says the Yahi world no longer exists.
(b) Ishi does not trust the Sheriff to return him safely.
(c) Ishi does not want the saldu to know where the Yahi lands are.
(d) Ishi is excited about the opportunity to explore.

5. According to Ishi, what problem arises from wearing shoes?
(a) All of the tracks look the same, so following a person is difficult.
(b) Wearing shoes confines the foot, but also the spirit of the person wearing them.
(c) Shoes pinch a person's toes and make it too difficult to move quickly.
(d) A person cannot know where he walks when his feet do not touch earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Majapa, what keeps the Yahi world alive?

2. Why do the Yahi no longer spend the summer on the mountain?

3. What kind of place does Ishi find for the location of the new village?

4. What is difficult about the shot that Ishi had taken at the saldu on horseback?

5. How does Mother respond to the cave after she sees it?

(see the answer key)

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